- Nico Hischier agreed to a five-year contract extension with the Devils
- The deal is worth $58.5 million and begins in the 2027-28 season
- Read below for the terms, the captain’s message, and what it means for New Jersey
The Devils made sure their captain isn’t going anywhere.
Nico Hischier agreed to a five-year contract extension with New Jersey on Wednesday, the team announced. The new deal begins in the 2027-28 season and keeps him in a Devils sweater through 2031-32.
New Jersey made it official:
The extension is worth $58.5 million, an average of $11.7 million per season. Hischier still has one year left on his current contract at a $7.25 million cap hit, so the raise doesn’t kick in until 2027.
He became eligible to sign the extension at noon on Wednesday. He and the team didn’t wait around.
Hischier talked about the commitment right after agreeing to terms with the Devils’ Amanda Stein.
“I’ll try everything I can with this organization, this team to lead it back the right way,” Hischier said.
Hischier, 27, is heading into his 10th NHL season, all of them in New Jersey. The Devils took him first overall in 2017 and handed him the captaincy in 2021.
He put up 28 goals and 38 assists in 82 games last season and has grown into one of the best two-way centers in the game.
The new deal runs two years longer than Jack Hughes’ current contract, so the Devils have their top two centers set well into the next decade. Reports of a five-year extension had been circulating since the morning, and New Jersey closed it out before the day was done.
Hischier is signed through 2032. The core of this team runs through him.
